We were in Hawaii last February and visited Maui and the big island of Hawaii. Maui was loaded with tourist sites and expensive. Being more oriented to natural areas, we found more to do on Hawaii. Our base city was Hilo on the NE. A few miles away there was some nice shallow places to snorkel and an hour or so away we could be in the snow fields. The volcano activity was pretty low at that time but a trip through the park was interesting.
There are also a number of huge orchid greenhouses and retailers. We liked Carmela's which is a few miles west of Hilo. The Kona coast of the island also has some nice shallow reefs but is more expensive than Hilo.
We were there for 10 days and found something new to do each day. Even street markets with huge blooming orchids for five bucks. Wheeee.
Jim
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